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Mrs STATES PATENT FFICE.

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EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,453, dated November9, 1886.

Application filed Si pteniber 27, 1886. Serial No. 214,617. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC H. DINNER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Hats or Caps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to protect from cold that 'part of theforehead which is just under or back of the visor of the cap or hat whenthe latter is on the head.

WVhile susceptible'of more general application the invention has,however, been devised more particularly with reference to its use withdriving-caps, with a view to prevent the feeling of cold whichoneexposed to the low temperature of a northern winter experiences at thepoint where the band of the cap joins the visor, and which in driving isintensified by the necessity of pulling the cap tightly down upon thehead.

To this end I provideat the front of the cap.

' or hat a covering or protecting strip which projects below the body orordinary band of the cap, back of or under the visor, so as to cover theforehead at that point. This strip can be made of any suitable shape,and may be either permanently attached to the cap, or can be madedetachable therefrom, and it may, if desired, be made movable, so thatit can slide up into the body or crown of the cap when it is not in use.

The nature of my improvemcutwill be readil y understood by reference tothe acco nipanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a drivingcap embodying my invention, with the visor represented indotted lines, so as to disclose more fully the covering-strip. Fig. 2isa ver tical central section from front to rear of the A is the body ofthe cap, and B is the visor. These parts are of any suitable orpreferred construction or make.

The covering or protecting strip, in which my invention is comprised, isrepresented at O. This stripis made of any suitable material,

preferably, however, of cloth, thickened by points where the visorterminates, projecting below the band or body of the cap, graduallyincreasing in depth toward the center of the cap in front, and beingshaped so that it will fit that portion of the forehead which is justbelow the ordinary band and back of or under the viso By this simplemeans the forehead is kept warm, and the painful effect which otherwisewould be experienced of the cold air which strikes up under the visor isentirely prevented.

I am aware that hats and caps have been provided with IROOIDZLSIIS. I amalso aware that caps have been provided not only with ear and neckprotectors, but also with a protector to pull down over the visor. Iclaim none of these things.

Having described my improvement, what I claim herein as new and of myown invention As a new article of manufacture, a' hat or cap providedwith a forehead-protecting strip projecting below the band or body ofthe cap immediately back of or under the visor, as and for the purposeshereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day ofSeptember, 1886.

ISAAC H. DINNER.

IVitnesses:

W. G. Onoss, O. A. PEASE.

